Small-town celebrity birthplace of the week: Colwyn Bay, Wales (current population about 10,000). Former James Bond portrayer Timothy Dalton was born there in 1946, and Monty Python member Terry Jones was born in the neighboring Old Colwyn (current population about 8,000) in 1942.

Hello/goodbye update: Thanks to Billie Shaffer of Clarendon, Texas, who let us know about the Navajo word "yatahey," which can mean "hello" or "goodbye." Don Hansen of Issaqu ...

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